Baseball game



Feb. 7, 1939.

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W. F. LIPCHOW BASEBALL GAME Filed Jan.

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BASEBALL GAME Filed Jan. 9, '1937 2 SheetsSheet 2 FIG. 4.

INVENTOR W. F. L PCHOW ATTORNEYS Petented Feb. 7, .1939

UNITED STATES AT NT OFFICE 2 ,146,36 aasansurcsmn Walter F. Lipchow,Milwaukee, Wis. Application January 9,- 1937, Serial No. 119,809 1Claim. (01. 213-105) This invention appertains to games and gameapparatus, and more particularly to a novel game embodying theelementsfof baseball, and one in which the skill or marksmanship of aplayer forinsan important part. v

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a game-boardhaving the simulation of a baseball field thereon toward which countersare adapted to be tossed by the players, the game-board having a seriesof pockets or openings therein for the counters, the counters, whenentering the pockets or openings or when hanging on the walls thereof,constituting certain plays ot-baseball, whereby a realistic parlor gameof baseball will be had in which the physical skill of the players formsan important feature. Another salient object of the invention is toprovide a baseball game embodying a game-board having a series ofcounting openings therein, and

2 a series of pockets below the openings for the reception of thecounters, when the counters are not played in the openings the pocketsalso counting certain plays of baseball, such as fouls, a 1n strikes. K

A further object of the invention is theprovision of a chute forreceiving the counters played in the openings, and manual means. forpermitting the counters played in the pockets to fall in the chute,whereby all of the counters can be .10 conveniently recovered after aplayer has had his A still further object oftheinvention is to provide abaseball game of the above character, 'of simple and-durableconstruction, which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at areasonablecost; I

With. these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement, and formation of parts, as will be .40hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, a

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhichdra'w ings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of the improved game-board.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary, detail sectional view illustrating themanually operated gate for perrhit'ting the-counters played in thepockets at' the bottom of the board toiall in the receiving chute.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the novel game-board, takensubstantially on the line 3-4 of Figure l,looking in the direction ofthe arrows. a

e 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a game-board showing the lowerend thereofand the lower or front edge of the playing board 5 andillustrating the means for manually operating the gate. a V

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts through the several views, thea letter B generally indicates the novel game-board, which forms animportant feature of the present invention.

This game-board B comprises a top playing board 5 on which is adapted tobe painted or 10- otherwise ailixed the simulation of a baseball field.Hence, the outer surface of the playing 7 board. has formed thereon .adiamond 6, the four corners of which represent bases, and the board inthe four comers has openings 1 formed there- 15 1 in. The lines formingthe lower sides of the diamond are continued to simulate foul lines I.The infield defined by the diamond has formed therein a plurality ofopenings 9, which can'ibe of difi'erent sizes, and the outfield definedbyi'the m diamond has also formed therein a pluralityof openings III,which are also of diiferent sizes. The part of the board inward or belowthe'diamend and foul lines 8 has also formed therein a plurality ofopenings H, which can be of different' sizes. a I n Suitable top andside walls I! and 14 are provided for the playing board, and the topwall can carry a backstop or sign plate l5, which can carry the rules ofthe game or the plays which the various openings represent.

Connected to the sidewalls I 4 in spaced relation to the playing board 5is a front wall ll,

apart of which, at least,is formgd of glass or other transparentmaterial. The pace between the front wall It is normally closed by ahinged flap or gate l1.

A series of'equidistantly, spaced partitions vll are disposed in rear ofthe wall It, so as to form in conjunction with the wall It, the gate l1-and a part of the playing board 5, a series of pockets 19.

In rear of the playing board 5 is a guide board 4 2., which forms achute for guiding counters II 3 played through the openings in the boardtoward the front lower end of the board, andthe front edge 'of the guidewall 20 can be angled forwardly and downwardly below the gate ll.

Counters played in the pockets I! can be automatically dropped into thechute or.onto the guide wall after a player has finished his turn bymanualh operating the gate. Any desired means can be provided foroperating or tripping the gate, and, as illustrated, a bell-crank lever22 is provided, and the same is pivoted at its angle to the game-board,as at 23. The lower short arm of the lever has its forward end pro-.vided with a pin 24, which extends through an arcuate slot 25 formed inthe game-board. This pin is connected to the gate adjacent to theforward end thereof, and a contractile coil spring 28 is employed fornormally holding the short arm of the lever, and consequently the gatein a raised position. The terminals of the contractile coil spring 26are connected respectively to the pin and to the game-board.

The outer end of the long arm of the lever has secured thereto a pullcord 2?, and obviously by pulling upon this cord the bell-crank will beactuated for lowering the gate l1 against the tension ofthe spring 26.

The playing board can have marked thereon above each opening suitableindicia, so as to indicate to a player what a .counter constitutes whenthe same is thrown through an opening or hangs on the wall of theopening. Likewise, the board can have marked above the pockets iii theplays which the pockets represent, or the plays a counter representswhen the same hangs onthe walls of the pockets.

In Figure 1 initials have been placed above the openings and pockets toindicate the various plays, and by referring to the schedule below, themeaning of the initials can be easily determined:

Ball goes through Ball hangs High fly'out Single on error.

Triple Out at third. Other runners score. Triple steal (bases mustRunner trying score is out be loaded). at home.

H. R'. =Home run FoulStrike.

H. R Home run Out at home.

8. 2 Steals second base (only if Cut at second base.

man is on first base).

D. B Steals home and second Out at homesaie at (man on first and mansecond. on third only). v

S. F Sacrifice fly-batter out- Out-no advancement ior runner advance onerunner on base.

. base.

D Double Out.

'1. P Triple play Twotmen nearest home are on r L. D. Line drive--outOut.

L. S Long singleru'nners ad- Runners on bases advance vance two bases.only one base,

8. H Steals home Caught at home-out.

L. D'..- Long double-all runners Runners on base advance on base score.only two bases.

D. P Double play-two outs One guttonly. Batter safe on IS D' DoubleFielders choice-one out.

Single-runner on second Runner on second does not sleeping." advance butis safe.

8. 3 Steals third (only 1! ma Out at third.

on second).

S. S Short single Out.

F. F Foul fly Out.

D. B .Double steal (man on Runner out at home.

third to home and man on second to third).

P. 0 Popout Out.

8. 1-----. Squeeze play (only a Runner out at home.

man on third). Batter sale on first. Out at second trying to 4 stretch."D. S"-..- Double steal (runners to Runner out at third.

' second and third safe).

W. P Wild pitch-All runners Baika1l runners adadvance one base-if noVance one base-if no runners on base-out. runners on basebatter goes tofirst on error.

P. urpcse y pass runner a on onthird only).

P, I" 'Purposaly passed (runners Batter out.

on first and second).

Ball goes through Ball hangs B. B Sacrifice hunt (at least one Noadvance it man is on base must be loaded). first-force-out. BBuilt-battersafe on first No advance-1i no runner on base, hatter out.W. T- Wild throw. All runners Batter out.

advance one bwe. P. P"- Purposely pmsed-run- Batter out. ners on secondand third.

P. P- Purposely passedrun- Batter out.

here on first and third. B Bunt (ii runner on third-- Runner back saleon elm-batter safe. thirdbatter out. B. H Batter hit (runner on thirdPopout.

caught trying for home).

The counters 2| are in the nature of small bags filled with granular orpowdered material, such as blasting sand, and obviously ii the countersare not properly played th'e same will hang on the walls of the openingsand pockets.

All of the openings are so arranged that groups of openings constitutingstrikes, flies, etc., will be around an opening counting base hits andthe like. Thus, a player whose aim is not perfect and who tosses for aparticular pocket which constitutes a run or a hit is liable to have hiscounter enter an opening which constitutes a fly, a'strike, or a putout.Thus, this adds considerable interest to the game.

s In playing the game, it is desirable that sides be chosen, and anynumber of persons can play on the sides. In order to more closelysimulate a regular baseball game, it is proposed that there be nineplayers on each side. The players take their turns in regular order, andthe counters are tossed underhand toward the playing board. The playerscan stand any desired distance from the board, say, about twenty-fivefeet.

As all of the plays in the game of baseball are represented on theplaying board, the game can be played in exactly the same manner as aregular game ofbaseball.

It is preferred to have a person not taking part in the actual playingof the game to act as the umpire, and this person can keep account ofthe .plays and the score and can also actuate the ate i'l.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

A game apparatus comprising, a playing board arranged at an angle to thevertical, having the simulation of a baseball field thereon and a seriesof openings therein, a backboard extending .entirely under the playingboard and arranged in spaced parallel relation to the playing boarddefining a runway in conjunction therewith, counters adapted to betossed toward the board and played into the openings, the' backboardguiding the counters played through said. openings toward the lowerfront end of the playing board for re-' the openings, the bottoms of thepockets being open and disposed above the backboard, a pivoted gatenormally closing the bottom of all of said pockets, and manual means foroperating the gate at a point remote from the p y ng board forpermitting the discharge of centers from said pockets into the runwayand on the backboard, WALTER F. LIPCHOW.

